TY - JOUR
KW - Loa loa
KW - Microfilariae
KW - Monitoring and evaluation
KW - onchocerciasis
AU - Nana-Djeunga HC
AU - Fossuo-Thotchum F
AU - Pion S
AU - Chesnais C
AU - Kubofcik J
AU - Mackenzie C
AU - Klion A
AU - Boussinesq M
AU - Nutman T
AU - Kamgno J
AB - <p>The specificity of skin snips for onchocerciasis diagnosis is considered to be almost 100%. In this study, molecular methods revealed that microfilariae emerging from skin snips collected from highly microfilaremic Loa loa-infected individuals were largely misidentified as Onchocerca volvulus. This has important implications for onchocerciasis diagnostic testing in Loa-endemic areas.</p>

BT - Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30861060?dopt=Abstract</p>

DO - 10.1093/cid/ciz172
J2 - Clin. Infect. Dis.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>The specificity of skin snips for onchocerciasis diagnosis is considered to be almost 100%. In this study, molecular methods revealed that microfilariae emerging from skin snips collected from highly microfilaremic Loa loa-infected individuals were largely misidentified as Onchocerca volvulus. This has important implications for onchocerciasis diagnostic testing in Loa-endemic areas.</p>

PY - 2019
T2 - Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
TI - Loa loa microfilariae in skin snips: consequences for onchocerciasis monitoring and evaluation in L. loa endemic areas.
SN - 1537-6591
ER -